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AT&T To Acquire Leap Wireless For $1.19 Billion Dollars

In a slightly shocking move, AT&T announced it has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $1.19 billion in cash. The deal, which works out to $15 per share for Leap shareholders is a 88% premium on the Leap closing price this afternoon. AT&T announced the deal includes Leap’s licenses, network assets, retail stores and around five million subscribers. Leap has long been tossed around as a possible acquisition target for T-Mobile as part of the … [read full article]

Video: T-Mobile Exec Announces Simple Choice Family Plan With No Credit Check

T-Mobile’s introduction of the new Simple Choice with no credit check rounded out the company’s two major announcements this week. The plan, which launches on July 14th opens up an opportunity for what T-Mobile describes as 1/3 of the population to take advantage of T-Mobile’s Simple Choice rate plan offerings without worrying about credit. So here’s T-Mobile’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert … [read full article]

(Updated) T-Mobile Confirms 900,000 iPhone Sales For The Second Quarter

Update: The moment this article Twitter I got a response back from the man himself, CEO John Legere who said and I quote: “Absolutely no Q2 numbers have been given out anywhere and particularly to this tweeter.”  When the iPhone 5 launched on T-Mobile April 5th for pre-orders and launched April 12th in stores T-Mobile called the first week sales “gangbusting.” Of course that left plenty of room for interpretation about how the … [read full article]

Sprint Prepares To Challenge T-Mobile With One-Size-Fits-All Rate Plan

While T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere and CTO Neville Ray made no attempt to hide their laughter at Sprint’s pitiful data network, the “Now” network is preparing to challenge T-Mobile right back. The folks at PhoneArena received the image via an anonymous tipster and Engadget has learned the plans are correct and could kick off as early as tomorrow, Friday, July 12th. Sprint looks to replace its existing “Everything” plans with new “Unlimited, My Way” options. There’s no need … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s JUMP! Upgrade Program, Just How Good Of A Deal Is It?

Note: The $10 monthly fee includes T-Mobile’s PHP insurance plan which makes it a good deal financially, but the real question remains the JUMP! upgrade timeframe. The $8 PHP bundle includes Insurance and Extended Warranty protection. Next business day shipping is included on all replacements. There are $20, $50, $100, $150 or $175 deductible tiers depending on the device using insurance.  JUMP! certainly caught all of our attention … [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere Says He’s Open To Deals With Sprint, Dish

As T-Mobile’s CEO made the interview rounds yesterday there were a few notable remarks that caught our attention, including some comments made in a brief interview with CNET. It’s here that Legere says he is open to potential combinations with Dish Network and even Sprint. By no means does Legere say he is actively looking at them, but as CEO he has a duty to look at any potential deal and how it would benefit shareholders. “When I … [read full article]

WSJ: All Four National Carriers To Carry Motorola’s Upcoming Moto X Smartphone

A new Wall Street Journal report highlights new details surrounding the anticipated announcement of Motorola’s new “Moto X” smartphone. For starters, Google is expected to spend several hundred million dollars according to the Journal’s sources. In fact, Motorola’s total marketing budget for the Moto X could hit somewhere north of $500 million. All four major carriers, including T-Mobile are expected to carry the device sometime this fall. Another piece of good news is that Motorola was allegedly successful … [read full article]

T-Mobile Contest Offers Chance To Win One Of 730 Galaxy S 4 Devices

I hate upgrade waiting periods, you hate upgrade waits and now so does T-Mobile and that’s why they are giving you a chance to win one of 730 Galaxy S 4 smartphones. So what do you need to do to enter? Just “upload your story to Facebook or mention @TMobile and #Hate2Wait #rules on Twitter, Vine, or Instagram for an opportunity to win one of 730 Samsung Galaxy S 4 devices. A grand prize winner … [read full article]

T-Mobile Officially Announces Simple Choice Family Option With No Credit Check

Just as we suspected, T-Mobile is introducing a Simple Choice with no credit check to help customers with “less-than-premium credit.” Beginning on July 14th, families can get four Simple Choice lines with unlimited talk, text and web and up to 500MB of high-speed data for $100 per month. According to T-Mobile, one in three consumers who apply for wireless service do not have a credit score that allows them to qualify for the best wireless rates. T-Mobile wants … [read full article]